Table 16.1  Population by Metropolitan-Nonmetropolitan Residence, sex, Hispanic Origin and Race:  March 1999
            (Numbers in thousands.)

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|Total Population                            |               |          Hispanic Origin and Race 1/          |
|                                            |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                                            |               |               | Non-Hispanic, | Non-Hispanic, |
|                                            |     Total     |   Hispanic    |     White     |     Other     |
|                                            |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                            |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|--------------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total                                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                                     |271,743|  100.0| 31,689|  100.0|193,074|  100.0| 46,980|  100.0|
|  Metropolitan area, inside central city    | 81,017|   29.8| 15,112|   47.7| 41,841|   21.7| 24,063|   51.2|
|  Metropolitan area, outside central city   |138,514|   51.0| 14,001|   44.2|107,770|   55.8| 16,743|   35.6|
|  Nonmetropolitan area                      | 52,212|   19.2|  2,575|    8.1| 43,462|   22.5|  6,174|   13.1|
|Male                                        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                                     |132,764|  100.0| 15,879|  100.0| 94,705|  100.0| 22,180|  100.0|
|  Metropolitan area, inside central city    | 39,251|   29.6|  7,586|   47.8| 20,551|   21.7| 11,114|   50.1|
|  Metropolitan area, outside central city   | 67,834|   51.1|  7,008|   44.1| 52,778|   55.7|  8,048|   36.3|
|  Nonmetropolitan area                      | 25,679|   19.3|  1,285|    8.1| 21,376|   22.6|  3,017|   13.6|
|Female                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                                     |138,979|  100.0| 15,810|  100.0| 98,368|  100.0| 24,801|  100.0|
|  Metropolitan area, inside central city    | 41,766|   30.1|  7,526|   47.6| 21,291|   21.6| 12,949|   52.2|
|  Metropolitan area, outside central city   | 70,681|   50.9|  6,994|   44.2| 54,992|   55.9|  8,695|   35.1|
|  Nonmetropolitan area                      | 26,533|   19.1|  1,290|    8.2| 22,086|   22.5|  3,157|   12.7|
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1/ Hispanic refers to people whose origin are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, or other
   Hispanic/Latino, regardless of race.

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 1999, Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, 
        Population Division.
Internet Release Date: March 8, 2000